Slovenia enhances security on border crossings, int'l airports

Slovenian Police Commissioner Marjan Fank said on Tuesday that following the terrorist attacks in Brussels, the Slovenian police had been instructed to tighten up security measures on border crossings and international airports.

Fank was quoted by the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) that the police had also been instructed to "monitor certain individuals in the country" and pay special attention to larger public gatherings.

According to the police commissioner, Slovenia is in close contact with foreign security bodies regarding information that could relate to Slovenia in connection to the Brussels attacks.

Fank said that the Slovenian police had been prepared for taking anti-terrorist measures "to the maximum," while admitting that full security was an illusion.

He noted that Belgium had been on the second highest level of alert and that a large number of police officers and soldiers had been on the streets, which nevertheless failed to prevent the attacks.

The level of alert for Slovenia remains the same, he said, while adding that the National Security Council would meet in the evening to discuss whether to increase the alert level.

The Slovenian Foreign Ministry has advised against all travel to Brussels in the aftermath of Tuesday's bomb attacks on the city's main airport and an underground metro station, during which a Slovenian diplomat was among the injured.

Slovenia's top officials condemned the Brussels attacks on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Miro Cerar stressing that the explosions in the Belgian capital did not directly affect the security situation in Slovenia. Currently there is no reason to raise the security risk level, Cerar told reporters. Enditem